East Africa
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Nairobi County

Nairobi Railway Museum

The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in , , adjacent to . Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: national museum
  • Address: Uhuru Highway, Nairobi

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family and Kenya Railway Golf Club.

Church
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The is a Catholic Church Cathedral and Basilica dedicated to the Holy Family located in . The Basilica is the seat of the Archdiocese of Nairobi. is situated 740 metres north of Nairobi Railway Museum.

Golf course
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is a golf course, which is situated 400 metres southwest of Nairobi Railway Museum.

Park
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is a 12.9 hectare adjacent to the central business district of , . It was opened to the public by the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta on 23 May 1969.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nairobi and Upper Hill.

Photo: Nite Owl, CC BY 3.0.
is a city of 4.4 million on the River. It is the political, financial and media capital of , and a transit point that most travellers to Kenya will pass through.

Suburb
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is a central business district of the city of , the capital and largest city of . The district has seen an increase in major construction in recent years, with several multinational corporations setting up offices.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the city of . It is approximately 2.6 kilometres east of the central business district of Nairobi. It is one of the oldest estates in Nairobi.

Nairobi Railway Museum

Latitude
-1.29362° or 1° 17′ 37″ south
Longitude
36.8225° or 36° 49′ 21″ east
Open location code
6GCRPR4F+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 991475260
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q611606
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“Nairobi Railway Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նայրոբի երկաթուղային թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Նայրոբիի երկաթուղային թանգարան”
  • Estonian: “Nairobi Raudteemuuseum”
  • French: “musée du chemin de fer de Nairobi”
  • French: “Musée du chemin de fer de Nairobi”
  • German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Nairobi”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Kayan Tarihi Na Railway Na Nairobi”
  • Japanese: “ナイロビ鉄道博物館”
  • Kazakh: “Найроби темір жол мұражайы”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nairobi Railway Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Nairobi Railway Museum”
  • Russian: “Железнодорожный музей Найроби”
  • Spanish: “Museo del ferrocarril de Nairobi”
  • Swahili: “Makumbusho ya reli Nairobi”
  • Turkish: “Nairobi Demiryolu Müzesi”
  • Yoruba: “Nairobi Railway Museum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nairobi Railway Museum”. Photo: robinhutton, CC BY 2.0.